Walter Ball vs. Jimmy Nelson — Career Comparison

Walter Ball
Pre-GenerationalMichiganThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago GiantsNegro National LeagueStarting Pitcher
Jimmy Nelson
MillenialOregonThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaMilwaukee BrewersNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

On the career pitching numbers, Walter Ball posted a stronger line than Jimmy Nelson. Walter Ball posted stronger numbers in ERA (2.65 vs 4.12) and WHIP (1.220 vs 1.365). By the career numbers, Walter Ball had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Walter Ball and Jimmy Nelson

Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
78
1.32
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
147
2
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
0.97
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
108
1.47
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.54
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
34
0.46
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.46
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.65
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.24
54.24
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
41.46
41.46
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
73.08
73.08
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.47
73.47
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
0.83
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.08
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
156
2.65
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
303
4.12
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.65
2.65
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.12
4.12
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.93
2.93
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.2
4.2
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.08
3.08
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.86
3.86
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.261
0.261
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.256
0.256
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
1591
27
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1987
27
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
530.1
9
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
662.1
9
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
525
8.91
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
643
8.74
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.91
8.91
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.74
8.74
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.17
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
0.94
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.94
0.94
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.47
0.47
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
122
2.07
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
253
3.44
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.11
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.07
2.07
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.44
3.44
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
248
4.21
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
622
8.45
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.21
4.21
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.45
8.45
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.18
3.18
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.23
4.23
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.698
0.698
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.321
1.321
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.48
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.25
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.72
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.04
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
2211
37.52
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2856
38.81
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.1
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.11
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
231
3.92
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
341
4.63
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.92
3.92
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.63
4.63
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
1.02
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.23
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.22
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.71
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
0.99
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.22
1.22
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.353
1.353
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
2014
34.18
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2517
34.2
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.96
2.96
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.32
2.32
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.293
0.293
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.314
0.314
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.52
37.52
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.81
38.81

Fielding Stats for Walter Ball and Jimmy Nelson

Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
116
1.32
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
147
2
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.37
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
108
1.47
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2364
27
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1987
27
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
788
9
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
662.1
9
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.57
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.42
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
147
1.68
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
0.96
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.13
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.14
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
208
2.38
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
112
1.52
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
197
2.25
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
102
1.39
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.71
94.71
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.07
91.07
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.698
1.698
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.694
0.694
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
27.59
27.59
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.47
73.47
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.08
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.07
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Walter Ball and Jimmy Nelson

Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
7
7
Walter Ball
Career
Per 600 PA
116
201.16
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
147
424.04
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
346
600
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
208
600
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
321
556.65
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
191
550.96
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.259
0.259
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.625
0.625
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.284
0.284
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
83
143.93
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
19
54.81
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
72
124.86
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
17
49.04
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
10.4
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
5.77
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
6.94
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.73
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
19.08
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
5.77
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.133
0.133
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.105
0.105
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.003
0.003
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.012
0.012
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29.41
50.99
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
2.3
6.64
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
173.41
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
21
60.58
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
98
169.94
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
23
66.35
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.292
0.292
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.118
0.118
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.312
0.312
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
0.11
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.603
0.603
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.228
0.228
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.053
0.053
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.01
0.01
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.209
0.209
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.081
0.081
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.487
0.487
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.145
0.145
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.256
0.256
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.253
0.253
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
60.69
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
3
8.65
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
60.69
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
7
20.19
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
69
119.65
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
10
28.85
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35.55
61.64
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
-5.8
-16.72
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.47
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
22.54
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
4
11.54
Walter Ball
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
116
334.62
Walter Ball
Career
Per 600 PA
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.79
1.79
Walter Ball
Career
Per 600 PA
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.03
0.03
Walter Ball
Career
Per 600 PA
10
17.34
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
37.5
Walter Ball
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.88
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.73
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Ball
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.73
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA